OCEANA COUNTY — Orson Matthews Hager, charged with home invasion after he was found lying soaking wet in a wet suit under a sleeping bag in the attic of an Oceana County cottage, has asked for a psychiatric examination.

The Oceana County District Court preliminary examination for Hager, 31, of Ferrysburg was adjourned Monday afternoon after Hager said he would file a motion for a forensic exam to determine his sanity, according to Prosecutor Terry Shaw. No new date has been set.

Hager, of 17641 Dogwood, is lodged in the Oceana County Jail facing a felony charge of second-degree home invasion and being a second-time habitual offender.

He is a suspect in a bizarre string of cottage break-ins in the Juniper Beach area of Oceana County's Golden Township along Lake Michigan. They were allegedly committed while he was free on bond facing one Muskegon County car-theft charge, and after he allegedly stole another car in Muskegon that he drove to the cottages.

According to an Oceana County Sheriff's report, deputies responding to a call Jan. 9 found seven unoccupied summer cottages had been broken into. While searching them, deputies found Hager, wearing an allegedly stolen wet suit and hiding in an attic under a sleeping bag.

He allegedly had taken books from one cottage and placed them in another; taken items apart and placed the parts in drawers and cabinets; and defecated on a floor and smeared feces on the walls.

Deputies also reported they found a plastic bottle containing liquid and an apparent fuse, hanging from a tree, prompting a call to the Michigan State Police bomb squad. It turned out not to be a bomb and contained quarters in the bottom.

Deputies also found a car that had been reported stolen Jan. 6 in the city of Muskegon, parked in a garage at Juniper Beach. Investigators believe Hager had been at Juniper Beach for three days before his arrest.

In Muskegon County, Hager is scheduled for a 60th District Court preliminary examination Jan. 31 in one case of vehicle theft, allegedly committed Dec. 31. A second case is pending against him in the Jan. 6 car theft outside the Wesco station at 1075 W. Laketon.